Fans unhappy with Verstappen after Brazil GP
Max Verstappen showed a darker side during the Brazil GP and fans are not happy. The Track This podcast team weigh in on the issue and the fallout.
The Brazil
GP gave fans one of the most eventful Formula One weekends of the 2022
calendar. Kevin
Magnussen took his maiden pole; George Russell had his first career win and the
race was action-packed with accidents and overtakes.
However, fans are focused
specifically on an incident in the Red Bull camp. After
Sergio Perez let Verstappen through on lap 67, Verstappen refused to give
the position back, saying on the radio: “The guys, don’t ask me that again…I
gave my reasons and I stand by it.”
Motorsport
analyst, TopGear SA Director and Track This podcast panelist Avon Middleton says
the decision has caused negative fallout. “It was perhaps the worst show of
sportsmanship, or lack of sportsmanship, from Max ever and I think it was the
worst thing he could have done for his fans. Even the most die-hard Max fans were
disappointed in him.”
Tschops
Sipuka, race car driver and fellow Track This panelist agrees saying, “Pathetic,
his conduct was absolute pathetic this time around. Without Perez, that
championship in Abu Dhabi would have never swung his way.”
Kriya
Gangiah, Track This host and motorsport enthusiast, believes this is not end of
it, “This is going to push over into 2023. He’s going to bring that negative
energy into the new season.”
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